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溺れるおぼれる

drowning

Verbe · Group 2 verb

彼かれはおぼれている少年しょうねんを救助きゅうじょした。

He saved a boy from drowning.

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Parts of speech

Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Intransitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)

Verb usage: intransit

English dictionary meanings

to struggle in the water
to be drowning
to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
to indulge in
to lose one's head over something
to be addicted
to wallow in

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